America The Beautiful chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

America the Beautiful

Text by Katharine L. Bates, 1859 - 1929
Music: MATERNA; Samuel A. Ward, 1848 - 1903

Official Music Sheet: https://www.ocp.org/en-us/songs/118 p=90246

Intro:
A augmentedA  A7A7  D MajorD    A augmentedA    D MajorD  E7E7  A augmentedA


Verse 1:
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O beautiful for spacious skies,
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For amber waves of grain,
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For purple mountain majesties
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Above the fruited plain!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee,
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And crown thy good with brotherhood,
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from sea to shining sea!

Verse 2:
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O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
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Whose stern, impassioned stress
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A augmentedA thoroughfare of freedom beat
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Across the wilderness!
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America! America!
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God mend thine every flaw,
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Confirm thy soul in self-control,
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Thy liberty in law!


Verse 3:
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O beautiful for heroes proved
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In liberating strife,
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Who more than self their country loved,
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and mercy more than life!
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America! America!
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May God thy gold refine,
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Till all success be nobleness,
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and every gain divine!


Verse 4:
A augmentedA               E MajorE
O beautiful for patriot dream
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That sees beyond the years
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Thine alabaster cities gleam,
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undimmed by human tears!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee,
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And crown thy good with brotherhood
     D MajorD      E7E7      A augmentedA
From sea to shining sea!